 There are different views on the issue.The most popular and likely one is that the city got its name from its connection to the Hindu goddess Kali with the original name's being either "Kalikshetra", meaning the place of "Kāli", or "Kalikkhetrô", meaning "area of Goddess Kali", with "Kolikata" being thought to be a variation of "Kalikkhetrô".Other more or less plausible theories abound, like